Struggling families to receive food and fuel assistance

People who are struggling financially will be eligible for a little extra help with food and fuel costs.

A $1.1 million donation to the Greater Boston Food Bank made Tuesday will be given to Quincy Community Action Programs Inc. and other nonprofit organizations in the state.

The Eos Foundation of Boston and Harwichport, the Highland Street Foundation of Boston, the Fireman Foundation of Boston and a foundation that donated anonymously are all responsible for the contribution.

The money is meant to serve as an emergency fund for Massachusetts residents struggling with food and fuel costs.

“Each foundation has picked their own geographic angle of what they’re used to doing to help families,” said Andrea Silbert, president of the Eos Foundation. “Other groups are working on their own particular interests, but Eos has chosen to focus on the food bank because that’s what we do a lot of.”

Although gasoline prices have come down, high food costs and home foreclosures are still causing families to struggle, Silbert said.